Name (only to match pre and post-tests)
STEBI FORM B (Preservice-Post)
This instrument provides insight into how
prepared you believe you are to teach science.
This knowledge can be quite useful to you, particularly when you compare
your responses at the beginning of this semester and then at the end. You will receive NO GRADE for your responses
and the only right response is the one that honestly reflects your belief.
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Please indicate
the degree to which you agree or disagree with each statement below by circling
the appropriate letters to the right of each statement.
SA
= STRONGLY AGREE
A =
AGREE
UN =
UNCERTAIN
D =
DISAGREE
SD =
STRONGLY DISAGREE
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1. When
a student does better than usual in science, it SA A
UN D SD
is often because the teacher exerted
a little extra
effort.
2. I
will continually find better ways to teach science. SA A
UN D SD
3. Even
if I try very hard, I will not teach science as SA A
UN D SD
well as I will most subjects.
4. When
the science grades of students improve, it is SA A
UN D SD
often due to their teacher having
found a more
effective teaching approach.
5. I
know the steps necessary to teach science concepts SA
A UN D SD
effectively.
6. I
will not be very effective in monitoring science SA
A UN D SD
experiments.
7. If
students are underachieving in science, it is most SA
A UN D SD
likely due to ineffective science
teaching.
8. I
will generally teach science ineffectively. SA A
UN D SD
9. The
inadequacy of a student's science background can SA A UN
D SD
be overcome by good teaching.
10. The low science achievement of some
students cannot SA A
UN D SD
generally be blamed on their
teachers.
11. When a low-achieving child progresses in
science, it SA A
UN D SD
is usually due to extra attention
given by the
teacher.
12. I understand science concepts well enough
to be SA A
UN D SD
effective in teaching elementary
science.
13. Increased effort in science teaching
produces little SA
A
UN D SD
change in some students' science
achievement.
14. The teacher is generally responsible for
the SA A
UN D SD
achievement of students in science.
15. Students' achievement in science is
directly related SA A
UN D SD
to their teacher's effectiveness in
science teaching.
16. If parents comment that their child is
showing more SA A
UN D SD
interest in science at school, it is
probably due
to the performance of the child's
teacher.
17. I will find it difficult to explain to
students why SA A
UN D SD
science experiments work.
18. I will typically be able to answer
students' SA A
UN D SD
science questions.
19. I wonder if I will have the necessary
skills to SA A
UN D SD
teach science.
20. Given a choice, I will not invite the
principal to SA A
UN D SD
evaluate my science teaching.
21. When a student has difficulty
understanding a science SA A
UN D SD
concept, I will usually be at a loss
as to how to
help the student understand it
better.
22. When teaching science, I will usually
welcome SA A
UN D SD
student questions.
23. I do not know what to do to turn students
on SA A
UN D SD
to science.
STEBI FORM B SCORING INSTRUCTIONS (Preservice)
Step 1. Item Scoring: Items must be scored as follows: Strongly
Agree = 5; Agree = 4; Uncertain = 3; Disagree = 2; and Strongly Agree = 1.
Step 2.
The following
items must be reverse scored in order to produce consistent values between
positively and negatively worded items. Reversing these items will produce high
scores for those high and low scores for those low in efficacy and outcome
expectancy beliefs.
Item 3 Item 17
Item 6 Item 19
Item 8 Item 20
Item 10 Item
21
Item 13 Item
23
In SPSSx, this
reverse scoring can be accomplished by using the RECODE command. For example, recode ITEM3 with the following
command:
RECODE ITEM3
(5=1) (4=2) (2=4) (1=5)
Step 3.
Items for the two
scales are scattered randomly throughout the STEBI B. The items designed to measure Personal
Science Teaching Efficacy Belief are as follows:
Item 2 Item 12 Item 20
Item 3 Item 17 Item 21
Item 5 Item 18 Item 22
Item 6 Item 19 Item 23
Item 8
Items designed to measure Outcome
Expectancy are as follows:
Item 1 Item 10 Item 15
Item 4 Item 11 Item 16
Item 7 Item 13
Item 9 Item 14
Note: In the computer
program, DO NOT sum scale scores before the RECODE procedures have been
completed. In SPSSx, this summation may
be accomplished by the following COMPUTE command:
COMPUTEESCALE =
ITEM2 + ITEM3 + ITEM5 + ITEM6 + ITEM8 + ITEM12 + ITEM17 + ITEM18 +
ITEM19+ITEM20+ITEM21+ITEM22+ITEM23
COMPUTE OESCALE = ITEM1 + ITEM4 + ITEM7 + ITEM9 +
ITEM10 + ITEM11 + ITEM13 + ITEM14+ITEM15+ITEM16
Enochs,
L. G. & Riggs,